To Create A Successful Product, Start With A Customer Need #branding #innovation

"To hell with facts! We need stories!" -- Ken Kesey, author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/34896.asp

Since Myspace’s founding, several social network spinoffs based in California — have helped leverage the area’s strengths in entertainment, media, business and technology. #digital #technology #crowd

“In terms of creating enterprise value, of starting companies that are hiring and generating revenue, I’d say by far this is the most successful aggregation of entrepreneurs that has yet come out of L.A.,” said Paul Bricault, a venture capitalist at Greycroft Partners and a managing director with a digital media accelerator, Amplify.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/technology/from-myspaces-ashes-silicon-start-ups-rise.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130908

Tapping into Student Innovation to Build a Smarter Planet #IBM #innovation #nonprofit

Students for a Smarter Planet hopes to do this. As an IBM-led, non profit organization, we are a coalition of university students from around the globe. By collaborating with other student groups, professionals and policy makers, our hope is to drive conversations about how, as undergraduate, graduate and PhD students, we can work with the tech industry to develop and implement actionable, world-changing ideas.

http://asmarterplanet.com/studentsfor/blog/2013/08/tapping-into-student-innovation-to-build-a-smarter-planet.html

Charity Water and American Express launch #PassionProject, to date they have brought clean water to over 3 million people. #nonprofit #innovation #crowd

Scott Harrison of charity: water discovered a way to turn birthdays into freshwater wells. And 7 years later, his #PassionProject has brought clean water to over 3 million people

http://youtu.be/1nOcp16exF4

The rise of multicultural managers #multicultural

Multicultural managers can make a huge, positive difference to the success of global innovation projects and processes.

http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-management/talent-management/the-rise-of-multicultural-managers-2552

A Beer You Can Spread On Toast #advertising #branding #marketing

Beer lovers, rejoice! You now can have your beer, and eat it too. A collaboration between two Italian companies from Lazio, chocolate makers Napoleone and beer brewery Alta Quota have created a beer you can spread like butter. An ingenious creation that’s a dream come true for those who love their alcohol, the spreadable beer is described as sweet, “smooth and creamy” and comes in light and dark beer options from Alta Quota: ‘Omid Dark Ale’ and Greta Blond Ale’.

http://designtaxi.com/news/360399/A-Beer-You-Can-Spread-On-Toast/

Genesis' 3D Printed Concept Car Can Assemble Itself! #design #innovation #sustainable

Plans for a 3D printed concept car that actually assembles itself! Next generation manufacturing techniques for the auto industry.

http://inhabitat.com/genesis-3d-printed-concept-car-can-assemble-itself/

A Flop in the 1960s, the Amphicar Is Prized Today; Rough on Land, Slow on Water. #innovation #marketing

Capable of up to a bone-juddering 70 miles per hour on land and only seven on water—hence the "Model 770" moniker—both their maritime and road handling leave much to be desired.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323423804579022770919670010.html?mod=ITP_AHED

Building a truly inclusive organization. #diversity #inclusion

A diverse workforce leads to more profitable and innovative companies, the next big challenge is to manage inclusion, something many organisations are struggling to deal with.

http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hr/features/1078152/building-truly-inclusive-organisation